Some photography
 

I have been over here in the Middle East (Oman) for a few months now. I bought a Rebel XTI before coming here, and have been having some fun with it.

These are just some of the ones I've taken. I have about 1000 on photobucket, unedited. The account name is "greaseinoman" and the password is "trumpet1"
Feel free to check them out.

Also, I know a lot of people have ideas about the middle east, and Arabs in general. If you would like to hear about these issues from someone who has been living with an Arab family, etc. just shoot me a message.


http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/q...n/IMG_1944.jpg

(im on the right)
http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/q...n/IMG_1945.jpg

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/q...n/IMG_1949.jpg

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/q...IMG_1972-1.jpg

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/q...n/IMG_2038.jpg


These are just a few of the first ones. As I said, theres a bunch more. Some pretty cool ones that I did some basic editing with as well. Check them out sometime.


Here is the link
http://s435.photobucket.com/albums/qq72/greaseinoman/

:icon18: You look gangsta in your turban buahhahahah :icon17: . Seriously nice picture man. If you make an album of some of the selected pics, it'll rotate in the front banner. Maybe I'll make one if I have time. Nice pictures and again I would love to travel there and learn more about their cultures.

Those are 2 of my teachers, and one of my other buddies here. A-rab on the left is "Nasser", one on the right is "Sultan"
I tagged them as such in that picture on facebook. I have had so many people saying "OMG, thats crazy that you got a picture with a sultan!"


(Sultan is a name, just like "Mike"... haha)

hahah :icon17: ... I forgot what are you there for again? what are they teaching you? well sultan is just a random name but I think it also means king of country ... here is a google definition http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...ition&ct=title . Glad you're having fun there. oh btw, F you for getting 50 cents a gallon gas :mad: .. J/K :tiphat:

Holy smokes! I wish I got to wear my turban with natives when I was in Iraq...sweet pix man

I know. I am a little jealous myself. Here are some of the other pics I liked.

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/q...n/IMG_1924.jpg

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/q...n/IMG_2088.jpg

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/q...n/IMG_1293.jpg

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/q...n/IMG_1329.jpg

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/q...IMG_0966-1.jpg

Wow the memories

u wanna get deployed with me next yr and relive them all over again?

:roflpuke2::roflpuke2::roflpuke2: fixed.

that went without saying....i call big spoon!

hahahah :icon17: BTW, do you know who's Greasy?

no i dont

That's Stevethepirate

haha that dirty sand pirate

More like Stevethebuttpirate:icon23: ..buhahahhaa J/K Steve. Haven't seen him in a few days.

they get internet? lol jk

:ohsnap1:

Hey guys. Thanks for the comments. Im actually in the UAE for a little while. No access to the internet. Been crazy though. Well over $1000 in bar tabs for about 4 days.

If anyone wants company when they get deployed, give me a call! I would love to be over there with you guys. I'll even be able to translate...
(and run around screaming "where are the ladies" in Arabic... as I have been doing nonstop over here after drinking)

bahahaha

And to be honest, they really don't get internet over here.
The service providers are terrible, its overpriced and slow. I dont think there is any unlimited package.
You can go to an internet cafe, but its not even worth it with how slow the computers and connection are.
I ended up dropping a large sum of cash for a portable wireless modem. It is prepaid. So I have to go buy credit for it, put the sim card in my phone, activate the credit, and then put the sim card back in the modem and use that. It is easy to drop $50+ just by browsing a facebook photo album...
So I do a special service that is $7.50 unlimited for 48 hours. Unfortunately, the service is terrible, its like 500 bytes/s, lol. I cant even connect to AIM half the time!

That post probably cost you $5 :rofl2:

But seriously, that's F'ed up. Why there isn't many ISPs over there? They have the money. Maybe you can call up some of your IT friends and start a ISP business over there?

So, what's new over there? partying a lot? You should post some pictures of arabic girls .... or just their eyes I guess :icon17: For being a muslim country, I am surprised they have alcohols and clubs etc.

I have been thinking of quite a few business ventures that would work quite well over here. I have to finish school, and then I will come back for work though.

Girls here will not let you take their picture for the most part. I know that the 2 female teachers I have (cuties...) won't. Otherwise, I would. Some of the girls here are BANGING. The vast majority of them just wear abaya and headscarf, so you can see their whole face. Many of the abayas are form-fitting... so you can make out some nice curves. Its not like they walk around in potato sacks!

Alcohol... you just have to know where to go, and not worry about the money. Entrance fee to most clubs is $25. I have been spending upwards of $100/night when I go out. And thats drinking slightly less than I do in the states.


One of my favorite things is drinking with guys who are wearing the traditional dress. Its just funny to see.

I wanted to bring a old thread back to life... idk y... but nice pics :)